Internationalizing Psychology Courses

Bartolini, LeeAnn; Gharib, Afshin; Phillips, William

doi:10.1037/e590582010-008

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“…For decades, higher education institutions (HEIs), national organizations, government agencies, industry leaders, and the popular press have engaged in discussions about the internationalization of colleges and universities. The American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and the International Association of Universities are among the organizations that have called for the comprehensive internationalization of community colleges, 4-year institutions, and research-intensive universities in order to provide today's students with the knowledge, skills, and values to meet the global needs and opportunities of the 21st century (Bartolini et al, 2009;SummitX, 2022).…”

Section: Internationalization In Higher Educationmentioning

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Teaching: Opportunities and recommendations for internationalizing psychology education.

Velayo¹,

McCarthy²,

Sternberger³

2023

Going Global: How Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need.

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ELC) of the American Psychological Association (APA) proposed globalization as a compelling force in the 21st century, with implications for internationalizing the psychology curriculum in the United States. The following year, the ELC focused on globalizing psychology education, involving 159 psychologists from 16 national groups of psychology academic leaders at different levels of education and training, 11 psychological associations apart from the APA, 27 divisions and 15 governance groups from the APA, and several individuals from other countries. Since that time, there have been further conferences, publications, and calls for internationalizing psychology's knowledge base and education (e.g.,

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Section: Internationalization In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching: Opportunities and recommendations for internationalizing psychology education.

Velayo¹,

McCarthy²,

Sternberger³

2023

Going Global: How Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need.

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“…Although there are a variety of strategies to working toward an international curriculum in psychology (cf. Bartolini, Gharib, & Phillips, 2009;Nelson, 2008), there are several reasons to consider collaborating with faculty from other disciplines on international courses. First, there are the practical aspects: Colleagues with established programs in other parts of the world have local contacts and also some familiarity with customs in those specific areas.…”

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Gaining interdisciplinary perspectives on environmental psychology in Costa Rica.

Ganzel¹,

Siebert²

2016

Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum: Practical Lessons Learned at Home and Abroad.

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The genesis of this course originated with a 2007 visit by the first author and her family to a colleague and his family who were doing conservation research on leatherback turtles in Costa Rica. The trip was purely for pleasure; we relished a tranquil vacation on an uncrowded beach in the middle of winter and felt it would be an added bonus if we saw one of the rare leatherbacks as part of the trip. However, walks through the small village revealed a Century 21 Real Estate sign showing the proposed development of more than 200 lots in the community. This image was juxtaposed with charts showing the dramatic decline of turtles returning to nest at Playa Grande. (Marine turtles return to the beaches where they hatched to lay their eggs.) More than 600 leatherbacks nested at Playa Grande during the 1988-1989 season. By 2007, the number had dwindled to fewer than 200. Recognizing that the The authors express their gratitude to their colleague and coteacher Dr. S. Andrew McCollum, who participated in the course described here.

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“…establishing the appropriate, clear, and measurable learning objectives is essential because the learning objectives create the structure of the course or program, including instructional strategies, materials, assignments, and assessment. Bartolini, gharib, and phillips (2009) described how intercultural learning goals were integrated across departmental course offerings. in meeting an institutional aim to increase diversity-focused student learning goals across the curriculum and departmental interest in enhancing student understanding of how psychology was studied and understood across the world, the psychology department at Dominican university of California internationalized its curriculum by integrating desired intercultural learning outcomes across courses.…”

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Assessing learning goals for international study abroad and at home.

Westcott¹,

Cushman²

2016

Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum: Practical Lessons Learned at Home and Abroad.

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Juniata College, a small liberal arts institution located in the appalachian mountains of central pennsylvania, has received notable attention for its campus internationalization efforts. Despite its small size, this winner of the 2012 naFsa senator paul simon award for Comprehensive internationalization achieved 10% international student enrollment and 41% study abroad rates for its 2012 graduates. it also has been recognized by institute of international education open Doors as having among the highest number of participants in long-term study abroad in baccalaureate colleges. green (2012) highlighted Juniata's "long-standing focus on internationalization" (p. 9) and its curricular and cocurricular opportunities that integrate and enhance global and intercultural learning across campus. in the evolution of internationalization on campus, assessment of these efforts has been institutionalized through the work of the intercultural learning and assessment Committee. this committee, which formed in 2008 in response to a broader campus global engagement

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Internationalizing Psychology Courses

Cited by 5 publications

References 51 publications

Teaching: Opportunities and recommendations for internationalizing psychology education.

Teaching: Opportunities and recommendations for internationalizing psychology education.

Gaining interdisciplinary perspectives on environmental psychology in Costa Rica.

Assessing learning goals for international study abroad and at home.

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